Michael Longaker

Clinical Focus

• Plastic Surgery
• Plastic Surgery, Pediatric

Professional Education

• Fellowship: UCLA - School of Medicine, CA (1996)
• Residency: New York University Medical Center, NY (1995)
• Board Certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (1994)
• Residency: UCSF Medical Center, CA (1993)
• Internship: UCSF Medical Center, CA USA (1985)

Postdoctoral Advisees

Bjoern Behr, Nicolynn Davis, Jason Glotzbach, Deepak Gupta, Sae Hee Ko

Research Interests

Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor
Director, Children’s Surgical Research
Department of Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital

Dr. Michael T. Longaker joined the Stanford University School of Medicine on September 1, 2000 as Director of Children’s Surgical Research in the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital. In 2003, he was named the Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor. As Director of Children’s Surgical Research, Dr. Longaker has the responsibility to develop a children’s surgical research program in the broad areas of developmental biology, epithelial biology and tissue repair, and tissue engineering. Prior to joining Stanford, Mike was the John Marquis Converse Professor of Plastic Surgery and held the positions of Director of Surgical Basic Science and Director of Plastic Surgery Research at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at the New York University School of Medicine.

Michael Longaker’s extensive research experience includes the cellular and molecular biology of extracellular matrix with specific applications to the differences between fetal and post-natal wound healing, the biology of keloids and hypertrophic scars and, most recently, the cellular and molecular events that surround distraction osteogenesis with respect to craniofacial development. He brings to Stanford his unique understanding of wound healing, fetal wound healing research, developmental biology and tissue engineering.

Dr. Longaker is the recipient of the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Maxillofacial Foundation’s 1999 Dr. Bernd Spiessl Award. In 2000, Mike received the D. Ralph Millard, M.D. Investigator Award as co-author, PSEF Scholarship Contest and is a James IV Traveling Fellow. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, American Surgical Association and...

Publications

• IFATS collection: Adipose stromal cells adopt a proangiogenic phenotype under the influence of hypoxia. Thangarajah H, Vial IN, Chang E, El-Ftesi S, Januszyk M, Chang EI, Paterno J, Neofytou E, Longaker MT, Gurtner GC "Stem Cells" 2009 ; 1 (27) : 266-74
• Discussion. Slater BJ, Kwan MD, Longaker MT "J Craniofac Surg" 2009 ; 1 (20) : 176-177
• Cranial osteogenesis and suture morphology in Xenopus laevis: a unique model system for studying craniofacial development. Slater BJ, Liu KJ, Kwan MD, Quarto N, Longaker MT "PLoS ONE" 2009 ; 1 (4) : e3914
• Aging and diabetes impair the neovascular potential of adipose-derived stromal cells. El-Ftesi S, Chang EI, Longaker MT, Gurtner GC "Plast Reconstr Surg" 2009 ; 2 (123) : 475-85
• The role of regional posterior frontal dura mater in the overlying suture morphology. Slater BJ, Kwan MD, Gupta DM, Lee JK, Longaker MT "Plast Reconstr Surg" 2009 ; 2 (123) : 463-9